LINCOLN, NEBRASKA—
Mondelez International
Pedestrian vehicular incident, unspecified · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mondelez International, 7151 Stacy Lane, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68516 on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to make a delivery to a store when he was struck by a third-party truck. He suffered multiple fractured ribs, a torn diaphragm, bleeding, and abdomen injuries.
More severe injuries at Mondelez International
HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Mondelez International
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack in a back room. While he was trying to retrieve some product, his thumb was lacerated between two pallet jacks. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA—
Mondelez International
An employee was removing stretch wrap from a pallet of product on a loading dock. The employee fell off the dock to the concrete below, suffering a broken right hip.
TOLEDO, OHIO—
Mondelez International
On July 21, 2021, an employee fell about 7 feet from a sifter in a mill. She suffered three broken ribs and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Mondelez International
An employee was feeding film into a wrapping machine when her hand contacted the machine, amputating approximately three-quarters of three left-hand fingers. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Mondelez International
An employee was moving pallets with an electric pallet jack. While backing up the pallet jack, his leg got caught in the wheel well of a forklift. The forklift operator began to move the forklift forward, causing the employee's leg to be pulled farther into the wheel well. He suffered broken bones in his right foot and a fractured right elbow, requiring hospitalization.
View Mondelez International's full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
AKRON, OHIO—
Kenmore Construction
An employee was walking on a job site when they were struck from behind by a pickup truck. The employee sustained fractures to the arms, pelvis, and legs.
OCEAN TOWNSHP, NEW JERSEY—
S Batata Construction Inc
An employee was leaf blowing to help clean the road. An excavator began backing up and caught the employee's foot, causing her to fall to the ground. The employee sustained the loss of a tooth, abrasions to the face and hand, and a cut to the foot.
CUMBERLAND, OHIO—
Helmerich and Payne Inc.
An employee was tying a hose. A truck backed up, pinching the employee's leg between the hose and hammer union, resulting in a right fibula fracture.
CAMDEN, TEXAS—
AAA Cooper Transportation, Inc.
An employee was using a ladder to cover a load of wood chips. A truck was trying to get by, so the employee got off the ladder and moved it out of the way. As the truck passed by, it struck the employee causing fractures to his lower right leg.
PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA—
Rabine America Maintenance LLC
A crew was setting up to clean out a squeegee machine. The controls of the machine were struck by a spray wand, shifting the machine from park to reverse. When the machine was started, it lunged backward and caught an employee s leg against a water truck. The employee's leg was fractured.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311330)
HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA—
The Hershey Company
An employee was driving a utility cart into a garage area. The vehicle struck the bottom of the garage door as it was opening and the employee sustained fractured ribs.
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA—
The Hershey Company
An employee was performing retails tasks including bending over and lifting 35-pound cases of product. After lifting about 25 boxes he felt back pain, resulting in severe nerve root compression at the base of the spinal cord due to a disc herniation. He required hospitalization and surgery.
GENEVA, ILLINOIS—
SILVESTRI SWEETS, INC.
An employee was cleaning the kitchen at the end of a work shift. As the employee and a co-worker lifted a kettle containing hot water from a hot stove to empty the water, the injured employee slipped and fell. The kettle was dropped, causing water to splash onto their hands and legs. The employee sustained third-degree burns to their hands and quadriceps.
TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA—
Gardners Candies, Inc.
An employee was working on a machine that grinds toffee into small pieces. The employee's hand became caught between two wheels that grind and was pulled in. The employee's hand was crushed and required surgical amputation to finger(s).
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA—
Wolfgang Operations LLC
An employee was operating an enrober and diagnosing a problem with chocolate flow on the bottomer. While checking for a blockage on the infeed of the decorator chocolate well, his right index finger was pulled into the rollers and amputated at the first knuckle.
More severe injuries in NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA—
Concrete Industries Nebraska City
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA—
Elkhorn Mechanical and Combustion
An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA—
4 Seasons Property Services, Inc.
An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.
KEARNEY, NEBRASKA—
Cellar Crew LLC
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
ELGIN, NEBRASKA—
BANB Farms Inc.
An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.